Record-breaking U.S. astronaut and crew back on Earth
03 September 2017 |
4:38 pm
NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson and two crewmates made a parachute touchdown in Kazakhstan on Sunday (September 3), capping a career-total 665 days in orbit, a U.S. record.
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